Job 13:12

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Shall not his excellency make you afraid? and his dread fall upon you?	Your remembrances are like unto ashes, your bodies to bodies of clay.	Hold your peace, let me alone, that I may speak, and let come on me what will.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Your remembrances^H2146 are like^H4912 unto ashes^H665, your bodies^H1354 to bodies^H1354 of clay^H2563.

Original Hebrew

זִכְרֹנֵיכֶם מִשְׁלֵי־אֵפֶר לְגַבֵּי־חֹמֶר גַּבֵּיכֶם׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
זִֽ֭כְרֹנֵי/כֶם	Zikh.ro.nei./khem	H2146	HNcmpc/Sp2mp	memorials/ your
מִשְׁלֵי	mish.lei-	H4912	HNcmpc	(are) proverbs of
אֵ֑פֶר	'E.fer	H665	HNcmsa	ash(es)
לְ/גַבֵּי	le./ga.bei-	H1354	HR/Ncbpc	(are) (to)/ defenses of
חֹ֝֗מֶר	Cho.mer	H2563	HNcmsa	clay
גַּבֵּי/כֶֽם	ga.bei./Khem	H1354	HNcbpc/Sp2mp	defenses/ your

Strong's References

H665 — אֵפֶר (ʼêpher, ay'-fer): from an unused root meaning to bestrew; ashes; ashes.
H1354 — גַב (gab, gab): from an unused root meaning to hollow or curve; (compare גֵּו (gêv) H1460 and גּוּף (gûwph) H1479); the back (as rounded); by analogy, the top or rim, a boss, a vault, arch of eye, bulwarks, etc.; back, body, boss, eminent (higher) place, (eye) brows, nave, ring.
H2146 — זִכְרוֹן (zikrôwn, zik-rone'): from זָכַר (zâkar) H2142; a memento (or memorable thing, day or writing); memorial, record.
H2563 — חֹמֶר (chômer, kho'mer): from חָמַר (châmar) H2560; properly, a bubbling up, i.e. of water, a wave; of earth, mire or clay (cement); also a heap; hence, a chomer or dry measure; clay, heap, homer, mire, motion.
H4912 — מָשָׁל (mâshâl, maw-shawl'): apparently from מָשַׁל (mâshal) H4910 in some original sense of superiority in mental action; properly, a pithy maxim, usually of metaphorical nature; hence, a simile (as an adage, poem, discourse); byword, like, parable, proverb.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References

ashes — Genesis 18:27
remembrances — Exodus 17:14, Job 18:17, Psalms 34:16, Psalms 102:12, Psalms 109:15, Proverbs 10:7, Isaiah 26:14
to bodies — Genesis 2:7, Job 4:19, 2 Corinthians 5:1

Reciprocal references (2): Job 33:6, Daniel 4:36

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